Merles: Fact and Fiction
***I have OOODLES of resources both online and off and if anyone would like to contest the value of any of these facts I will happily show the proof. Just a disclaimer**** Merles: Fact and Fiction...
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Great. Thanks for the info Sabine. I'm just starting to learn all the subtle differences between some of the Dane color variations and the genetics behind them. Thanks for the help.
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RoxiesMom wrote: P.S. the Dane in your avatar is beautiful! Thank you! Your boy is adorable! Looks like he was dipped in black paint. Read More
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Thank you! You know, it never occurred to me, but now that you mention it, it does look like he got dipped into black paint. LOL You know, I am so glad we found him. He is the most wonderful guy, and...
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Okay, so question. If I read everything right, merle can't really be a "hidden" (not visible to the naked eye) gene. So, you don't have to worry about a particular specimen (say a black out of a black...
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dane momma wrote: Okay, so question. If I read everything right, merle can't really be a "hidden" (not visible to the naked eye) gene. So, you don't have to worry about a par...Read More
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Cool, I got it right! Thanks! Not that I'm breeding Naomi, but it's cool to look at the genetics any which way. When I bred gerbils, there were a LOT of hidden genes, and you always ran a chance as to...
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Breeding harls is a little more complicated than the nutshelled version of things discussed here. Harls don't breed true and many harl-family-colored dogs are often mis-identified (and th...Read More
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Oh, I'd imagine. I think if, years down the road, I ever get into breeding, I'll stick to blacks and blues. There's a (primarily) blue breeder around here that I've been talking to. She's about an...
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^-^ Glad I have apparently found someone decent now! I'm considering a puppy from her in the future (probably around two years), but wanted to post in the available section and see what you all...
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Okay, so what about breeding an all white dog to a mantle +%+%*?
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maria wrote: Okay, so what about breeding an all white dog to a mantle +%+%*?Mantles don't have a merle gene, so you don't get any double merle (white) pups.From Read More
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In that article, the pictures of the ancient peoples and dogs, that one on the left looks like a nice dane color lol
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ok so... I have read every single post which took a fair amount of time, and I feel like I missed the part about what happens when you breed a merle with say a black or a blue. I am not intrested in...
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Well, breeding merle x blue would be considered "cross color" breeding. If the black in question came from anything other than a harl background, that would also be cross color breeding.In Danes, we...
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I don't want to start a firestorm here, but why is Merle a disqualification while Harlequin is accepted and often encouraged? The health risks are the same, I would assume, for breeding Harls and...
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WOW, so much to read and absorb but very informative. My 'Bear' was described as blue merle with white on his papers by the G/D Rescue people (I can even see...Read More
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He is a handsome boy!! It's funny what you say about his coloring, because we just adopted a male Black dane just yesterday, and at first he looks black, but then you see some brown in there and you...
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